A wonderful day was had by all celebrating Christmas together.  As in previous years, our resident carers, committee members and volunteers all pitched in to put on a magnificent lunch for everyone to enjoy.  Thanks go to Anne for orchestrating the day. The room was filled with much chatter, cheer, delight and everyone left with…

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Thursday 19th December 2019 A wonderful occasion was had by all as we celebrated another big year at the Ryder-Cheshire Ivanhoe Homes. Thanks go to the Committee members who worked so hard to make this such a great evening. Laura Ross kindly donated her time as our pianist for the night accompanying and compensating beautifully…

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Thursday 7th November 2019   The Sunraysia Prostate Support Group have had a number of their group stay here while receiving treatment. They have generously donated four portable DVD players and headphones for our residents to use either in their rooms or in hospital while receiving treatment. Thanks also go to John Bond for coming up…

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Caitlyn Morgan from the Sunraysia Daily recently wrote an engaging article on Eric Sutton.  Eric is a past resident of the Ivanhoe Homes who hosts an annual Open Garden for Cancer to raise funds for the Victorian Cancer Council for research and The Ryder-Cheshire Ivanhoe Homes. We are very grateful to Eric for all that…

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Tuesday 5th November, 2019   Thank you to all those that placed their bets in our annual Ryder-Cheshire cup sweep. For those with the urge to have a flutter there was much excitement in anticipation that their horse would win.  The sweep draw was officiated by our Resident Carer Anne and Julie, a carer from Tassie.…

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Wednesday 23rd October 2019 One of our past residents, Mr John Bond, from the Mildura region noticed that our BBQ was too small when larger groups gathered in the evenings to socialise. He kindly wrote to our new local Bunnings Store at Fairfield and they took up the banner to rectify the situation. Today Kate…

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Saturday 28th September 2019   Richmond scored their second premiership in three seasons with a dominant 89-point over the GWS Giants Richmond – 2.3 | 7.5 | 12.9 | 17.12 (114) GWS Giants – 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.7 (25) The 2019 Australian Football League season was the 123rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 30th…

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Tuesday July 16th 2019   Prashant’s Degree in Bachelor of Business (Accounting) was confirmed at a wonderful celebration at the Melbourne Arts Centre. On the night he was delighted and most surprised to receive the ‘Dean’s Excellence Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement’  …….. a great result for all his hard work. He joined us in…

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Friday 24th May – End of Era & A New Beginning  After some 20 year our beloved Sister Jane Gorey has decided to move into the golden years of retirement. Sister Jane first joined the Homes in 1993 and stayed for three years before moving on with her ministry with the Brigidine Order. But fortunately…

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Thursday 16th May The Ivanhoe Homes receives no Government funding and is financed entirely through its own efforts and the generous support of Caring Friends. The Ryder-Cheshire Victorian Homes Foundation which runs the Ryder-Cheshire Ivanhoe Homes is a fully registered not-for-profit organisation and donations of $2 and over made to The Ivanhoe Homes are tax deductible.…

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Thursday 11th April – Easter Raffle Thanks to all who entered our raffle and helped to support the Ivanhoe Homes raise money for new linen. Our raffle was drawn by Mr Les Clark who is one of our valued maintenance volunteers.  Congratulations go to………   Sr Jane Gorey Won 1st prize A lovely handmade quilt…

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Monday 28th January – Australia Day Awards 2019 The Hon Jenny Macklin MP presented Sandra Findlay and Sue Kelly with Australia Day Awards in recognition of their valued contribution to the community in the Federal Electorate of Jagajaga. …. Congratulations … Sandra Findlay: For her diligent book-keeping work which sees her spending long hours ensuring that the Ryder-Cheshire Victorian Homes…

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Saturday 2nd March 2019 – Quilts in the Garden Carol and Tony McLennan have run a number of very successful Quilts in the Garden events in their garden in Traralgon to raise funds for Klibur Domin. the Ryder-Cheshire home in Timor Leste. In March this year, they were the driving force behind a group of…

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Sunday 17th March – Annual Volunteers Luncheon  The Committee extended a warm welcome to volunteers who able to attend.  This year we were again fortunate with the weather; a superb, warm, sunny 28C˚ day! Everyone enjoyed a delicious lunch with an extra special mention given to the Portuguese Tarts! Volunteers who were unable to attend… we…

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